*Published during the
Liverpool Years of this popular England International.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).#Beardsley's time
at Everton from 1991 and a return to his native Newcastle in 1993.
Includes vitriolic attacks on Jack Charlton, Graeme Souness and Neil
Ruddock.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s)

Having started with Wallsend Boys Club FC in his native
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he joined Carlisle United FC on 9 August 1979.
He played 104 league matches, scoring 22 times.
Beardlsey then joined the NASL when Vancouver Whitecaps on 1 April
1981 for £275,000, he was loaned to Manchester United FC on 9
September 1982 for £250,000, but rejoined the 'Caps on 1 February
1983, the fee apparently refunded, after United refused to retain him and
played him only once in the League.
Beardsley signed for Newcastle United for £150,000 on 23 September 1983. In
the summer of 1985, he returned to Canada and played with North Shore
Colts, including scoring twice against The Celtic FC. After 147 league matches and 61 goals, Beardsley signed for Liverpool FC on 23 July 1987 for
a British record for a transfer fee, £1.9
million. He played 131 league matches scoring
46 times, before, on 5 August 1991, he crossed Stanley Park and joined
Everton FC for £1 million and made
another 81 league appearances, scoring 25 times. On 16 July 1993, Beardsley rejoined Newcastle
United FC for £1.4 million and scored
another 47 goals in 129 Premiership matches. Sold for a cutprice £450,000
to Bolton Wanderers FC on 20 August 1997, where
he scored twice in seventeen Premiership matches. It was from there
that he joined Manchester City FC on a month's loan on 17 February 1998,
despite an attempt by Alex McLeish to take him to the Scottish Premier
League with Hibernians FC. He made another six
premiership appearances. Joined Kevin Keegan's Fulham FC on a free
transfer on 26 March 1998, making 21 league
appearances, scoring four times, before being released to join
Hartlepool United FC on 31 December 1998. He
scored twice in 22 league appearances. He ended his career in
Australia when he played twice for Melbourne Knights FC in 1999.

In 2000, Beardsley was tipped who became the manager of
Scottish Premier League club, Heart of Midlothian FC. In June 2005,
Beardsley was turned down for the Hartlepool United FC assistant manager
job. On 26 June 2007, Beardsley was named an ambassador of the Football
Foundation. Became the caretaker manager of Newcastle United FC on 27
September 2008 for a Premiership match against Liverpool FC. On 15 October
2011, Beardsley became United's Development of Football Officer

Peter Beardsley - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp.
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub off

Mins.

Goals

Goals
Av.min

Comp.
Goals

Capt.

Disc.

70+

59

29

46

13

21

4025

9

447
min

7

One

3

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.